plagrone said:... the design looks a bit waspy ...
Ellwood said:Cut the top off that tank shape...
Well... here is #4. This design also gives some vertical space to french a tail light.Ellwood said:Got it...maybe try adding to the middle of the tank shape to get width. ..or maybe even dropping the back edges over the hoop to lessen the upward look a little. A radical idea would be to send the seat pan under the hoop and display the hoop as a feature...but that would get dicey
deviant said:Ha. Hell no, I won't brat this thing. I like the sweep. I'd triangulate the rear hoop before I did that.
No, I'll stick with a slightly modified stock dual rear shock setup. This bike will eventually go to the wife as a learner. They just seem so close, it got me thinking. It could be interesting for a larger displacement XL if the geometry remains so close with the larger XR's. The spine lines up almost perfectly and some of the holes line up as well. It's as if Honda just altered the XL frame to create the XR.xb33bsa said:are you thinking about going long travel single shock and long travel forks ? or just single shock rear ?
keep in mind the xl175 is a very underpowered bike, they weren't very well recieved because they were so horribly slow